Music / Drama / Romance /

Score: 62.7%( 131 votes )

Overview: At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows

Cast:

William Powell
Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.

Myrna Loy
Billie Burke

Luise Rainer
Anna Held

Frank Morgan
Billings

Fanny Brice
Fannie Brice

Virginia Bruce
Audrey Dane

Reginald Owen
Sampston

Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger

Ernest Cossart
Sidney

Joseph Cawthorn
Dr. Ziegfeld

Nat Pendleton
Sandow

Dennis Morgan
Stage Singer in "Pretty Girl" Number

Marcelle Corday
Marie

Robert Greig
Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)

Harriet Hoctor
Herself

Jean Chatburn
Mary Lou

Paul Irving
Erlanger

Herman Bing
Costumer

Charles Judels
Pierre

Raymond Walburn
Sage

A.A. Trimble
Will Rogers

Buddy Doyle
Eddie Cantor

Wallis Clark
Stock Broker

Wanda Perry
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

William Demarest
Gene Buck (uncredited)

Ann Gillis
Mary Lou as a Child (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)

John Larkin
Sam (uncredited)

Barry Norton
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge
Julian Mitchell (uncredited)

Libby Taylor
Flossie - Audrey's Maid (uncredited)